America's MANUFACTURED Teacher Shortage | Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

James Li has been, by far, my favorite addition to Breaking Points.

Sadly true. Many states create so many unnecessary economic and educational barriers to becoming a teacher. Even people with Masters Degrees cannot teach their subjects in schools despite many years experience successfully doing so in other states. This teacher shortage is self-inflicted. And yes, teachers need to be paid a living wage everywhere, because no one deserves to go broke…especially the fully employed.

Administrative bloat is a huge problem in healthcare too. Bad for nurses, bad for patients but good for pencil pushers and shareholders.

A teacher's job is 2 parts prison gaurd and 1 part teaching math. I wanted to be a STEM teacher at one point so I could do some good. I have an MS in STEM and can make 3 times the income without the terrible kid behavior and no respect from parents. Also not being able to teach the material in a way that makes it useful to students instead of for standardized tests really doesn't attract talent. I do tutor homeschool students where I feel I can actually do some good. The kids bother to learn the science and math I am passionate about and I can chose to work with people that respect me.

As a teacher myself, I greatly appreciate your coverage of this important matter. My high school building is literally running out of rooms because of all of the newly hired administrators who need offices. They convert the classrooms into offices and force the teachers to stack up on top of each other because there is no instructional space left. These administrators look busy, but those of us in the trenches can't figure out what they actually do. A cynical person might attribute this to prioritizing paperwork over what is supposed to be the objective: teaching kids.

I blame "careerism" the only thing the managerial class cares about is themselves. They don't care who they have to destroy on the way up the ladder

This exact same thing is happening in Canadian hospitals - the administrators are more than happy to sacrifice patient safety and care in order to preserve their own jobs. Administrative bloat is a huge problem.

This dude is truly top notch. Keep James around BP 💯

I love this reporting! He was completely unbiased. Breath of fresh air.

well if this isn't the most concise analysis of the issue I've seen... well done.